The Cloud

The Internet cloud, often defined by its seeming invisibility, is in fact comprised of an astounding network of servers located in remote regions of the US and Iceland. In her "Technology and the Internet" section, Schlossberg dissects the component parts of the cloud, informing her reader the significant amount of energy required to sustain this information base. The name of the cloud itself, is another example of the ways in which the industry creates distance between the individual and the products she uses, impeding her understanding of the true weight on the environment her Internet use may effect.

Corn

Corn creates the most detrimental environmental impacts on the environment of any other agricultural output. Because corn is not only used in innumerable food stuffs, but is used for animal feed and ethanol production, the crop has overtaken the majority of US agricultural land. This monoculture strips...